- present participle of become.
becoming
Example Sentences
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He served as deputy editor of Heard on the Street from 2019, becoming editor in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Canada and Egypt both won World Cup games for the first time, advancing to the Round of 16, with Egypt becoming one of nine African teams to make it to the knockout rounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
When Sir Keir was elected Labour leader in 2020, he made Healey shadow defence secretary, becoming defence secretary when Labour came to power four years later.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
That “suggests inference demand is now becoming the binding constraint,” Boloor told MarketWatch in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He went from being Thomas Jefferson’s childhood playmate to becoming his personal servant—which meant, in Jefferson’s words, to “shave, dress and follow me on horseback.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The Catcher in the Rye
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